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Friday, May 27, 2016

From the Editor's DeskSo it's Friday and here are some of the most popular stories from taggit this week. The first one is about the relationship between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, including the fact that Steve had a letter from Bill by his bedside in his last moments. Second, this list of the most stupid questions googled by people in each state in the US will bring a smile to your face. Finally, this speech by Raghuram Rajan on how India can create a billion entrepreneurs has insights on how regulation encourages informality in business and how access to finance is even more important than the cost of finance. Keep reading taggit to find fresh share-worthy stories!

So, is e-commerce only about entrepreneurs? The answer is no. E-commerce sites are among the top job creators in India at present. Starting from top business school and technology institutes to tier-2 and tier-3 colleges, e-commerce recruiters are ...

MUMBAI: Sanjay Lalbhai-promoted Arvind Ltd, which already runs a fashion retail business spanning over 1,200 outlets and 35 brands, is now betting on a big online push to further accelerate growth. It joins a growing list of brick and mortar retailers ...sp;

Thursday, May 26, 2016

From the Editor's DeskSo what does an AI-first world look like for Google? Example 1: You might ask Google, what's playing tonight. Today, through voice recognition and natural language processing, Google understands that you're probably talking about movies. You can imagine going a step further. If I'm asking it on a Friday, to have the context that maybe I want to watch with my family, and give me three movies I might like. I might then say, "Is Jungle Book any good?" Then I might ask it to pick up tickets. Then the next day, I might pick up the phone and Google says, it's a few hours before the movies and your tickets are here. Example 2: One of the internal teams, just six or seven engineers, has applied machine learning algorithms to the detection of diabetic retinopathy, a medical condition that is treatable when caught early but can lead to blindness when it is not. Using tools based on machine learning, doctors can diagnose it much much better Example 3: Increasingly, you'll be going about your daily life and the Google assistant will pop up to help. Mother's Day is a week away? Google may suggest you get on with your shopping. Full story here

Now was in the pilot phase and was called Kirana Now for a year. Amazon tied up with neighbourhood grocers and listed the products and the shops on its platform, and delivered orders within two hours in Bangalore's neighbourhood. In March, it formally ...

Forbes India (blog)Importantly, the framework of the Indian constitution seeks to promote and protect free flow of trade across states and frowns upon any tax that disincentivises such movement. Despite this, the bandwagon of states that are choosing to tax ecommerce ...

Samsung launching iris-recognition tablets in IndiaSouth Korean electronics giant Samsung on Wednesday launched India's first iris recognition-powered 7-inch tablet that can be used for various authentication-related processes like e-KYC (Know Your Customer), e-Sign and other government services